Fidelity National Bank & Trust Co. v. Hovey

Plaintiff (respondent here), Fidelity National Bank Trust Company, as the successor in name and in fact of the Fidelity Trust Company, and acting in the capacity of trustee for Mary Loretta Murphy, a beneficiary under the last will and testament of John Joseph Grier, deceased, by testamentary appointment of said testator, commenced the instant action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, at Kansas City, seeking a judgment against the defendant (appellant here), George S. Hovey, who is the duly appointed, acting and qualified executor of said last will of John Joseph Grier,…